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Empowering women on campus with WEO
The majority of Hope College’s student body is made up of women. Specifically, 63% of full-time students are female. In…
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TEDxHopeCollege and Hope’s Capacity for Change: A Conversation With Lizzy…
Lizzy Bassett (’23) is lead organizer and license holder for TEDxHopeCollege. This independently organized TED-like event will be coming to…
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General Education revisions: Student Congress votes no confidence
A proposed revision of Hope College’s General Education Curriculum has been introduced for the first time since 1994. A General…
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Prism and Volunteer Services host serendipitous joint event on Break Day
This semester has been peppered with break days. While their helpfulness can be debated, it is clear that a lot of students have fun on these brief breaks from their classes. As part of a “Stay at Hope” initiative on break days, many clubs and organizations host events to entice students to stay on campus….
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The Sarah Everard case: What it means for women on campus and beyond
The article below contains information about sexual assault and violence. If you or someone you know may be dealing with anything of this nature, Hope College has an anonymous reporting form you can access here. On March 3, Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman in London, was last seen walking home from a friend’s house around…
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Updates on Boulder, Colorado shooting: A delayed hearing and a response from President Biden
On Monday, March 22, ten people were shot and killed at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. The gunman, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, was armed with both a military-style semi-automatic rifle and a pistol, according to the New York Times. Among the ten victims was a member of the Boulder Police Department, Officer…
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Floods in Australia force evacuations and cause two deaths
Following heavy torrential rain across eastern Australia at the end of last month, massive floods have forced over 40,000 to evacuate their homes. Some areas have received over 40 inches of rain in one week, hundreds of homes have been submerged and even the arid central section of the country is experiencing rushing waterfalls. Tourists…
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A response to Hope MSO leaders
Dear Unified Student Leaders, Thank you for your recent letter regarding the conversation surrounding commencement stoles representing student organizations. We appreciate the numerous voices gathering together in one accord to express your grievances, and we deeply lament the concerns of the voices who felt they could not be named for fear of repercussions. The voices…
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An open letter from Hope MSO leaders
This letter was written on March 27, 2021 to Dean Frost, President Scogin, Dr. Trent-Brown and Dr. Griffin on the behalf of leaders from various Hope Multicultural Student Organizations (MSO). Since the time it was sent, Hope administrators have decided to allow custom stoles at the 2021 graduation ceremony, citing a miscommunication for the delay…
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How YOU can be a more sustainable artist
I’m sure there are a lot of heavy topics that instantly come to mind when you think about the wonderful little holiday on April 22 (Earth Day). In this day and age, it’s hard to want to celebrate all that is good when there’s so much to be cynical about. Sentences like, “There’s nothing I…
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Senior Spotlight: Morgan Brown
Morgan Brown is the third senior in the Anchor’s Arts senior spotlight. From Romeo, Michigan, she majors in creative writing and has minors in political science and religion. She shared her experience at Hope College, how she found her path and where she dreams of being in the future. What was the journey to finding…
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Wastewater testing used to crack down on weed use on campus
A wave of panic has swept through the students of Hope College since the school confirmed on Tuesday that the wastewater testing program is now being used to track marijuana use on campus. Initially used for the sole purpose of tracing the presence of COVID-19, the wastewater testing program that the college put in place…
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Students totally rejuvenated after a fun and restful Break Day®
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Hope College suspended its annual spring break, leaving students disappointed but understanding that such a decision was necessary in order to — as the Campus Health email so artfully put it — “#stopthespread.” The administration scheduled several Break Days® throughout the semester in order to give students a…